The Insider's take on Sunday's game between the Green Bay Packers and the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Packers lost 30-27.

The big picture

Remember when the Packers’ offense was unstoppable? And when their defense, even when it was allowing crazy yardage totals, created turnovers? Not anymore. The offense can’t seem to sustain drives or put together a complete game, and the defense — while still giving up obscene amounts of yards — can’t get enough takeaways. Put that together, and you have a 2-3 team that’s in danger of letting its season slip away.

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At least they started fast. That’s about the only consolation for the Packers after blowing an 18-point halftime lead, which is the fourth-biggest collapse in team history. Before running back Cedric Benson left the game with a sprained left foot early in the second quarter, the Packers looked like a balanced offense. Benson was injured on the Packers’ 17th offensive play, a dump-off pass that went for 3 yards. Including that play, the Packers ran eight pass plays, eight runs and one quarterback scramble. Benson looked like he might have been a big part of the game plan. Though he only managed 20 yards on seven carries (a 2.9-yard average), perhaps coach Mike McCarthy was thinking this might be one of those games where if he fed the ball to Benson, he would get better as the game progressed. Benson also caught two passes for 21 yards, including an 18-yard gain on a screen pass.

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Maybe Jermichael Finley has the yips. How else to explain his continued problems catching the ball? If you thought it was bad last year, when he dropped 11 or 12 passes depending on your definition of a drop, he’s on an even greater pace this season. When he juggled and couldn’t haul in a third-and-4 pass in the final minute of the second quarter, it marked Finley’s fifth drop in as many games. Perhaps the bigger problem is the drops weren’t confined to the Packers’ tight end, who couldn’t finish the game because of a shoulder injury in third quarter. On the play immediately prior to Finley’s drop, receiver Jordy Nelson had one, too. Donald Driver had the Packers’ third drop of the game. Nelson matched Finley with his fifth drop of the season, while Driver had his second of the year in extremely limited playing time.

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Play of the game

Colts rookie quarterback Andrew Luck, the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, looked like big Ben Roethlisberger on a third-and-12 play with 2 minutes left in the game. The 6-foot-4, 234-pound Luck did his best Roethlisberger impersonation when he shed Packers outside linebacker Clay Matthews, who appeared to have Luck nearly wrapped up for a sack. But Matthews bounced off Luck, who then hit Reggie Wayne for 15 yards to help set up the game-winning touchdown.

Turning point

Perhaps if Nelson and Finley don’t have consecutive drops, the Packers could have delivered a knockout punch. Leading 21-3 at that point, they started with prime field position at their 43-yard line. After a 6-yard pickup on a dump-off pass to John Kuhn, they seemed poised for more points before halftime. But the drive stalled at the 49 after the two drops.

Did you notice?

Before the game, many Packers players wore T-shirts that read “Chuckstrong” in support of Colts coach Chuck Pagano, who was diagnosed last week with leukemia and is expected to miss the rest of the season.

The Colts made liberal use of the no-huddle offense, while the Packers rarely used it.

After being inactive the previous week against the Saints, tight end D.J. Williams caught two passes for 20 yards — both career highs.

Alex Green’s 41-yard rush, which is the longest gain on a running play for the Packers this season, came out of the full-house backfield formation with tight ends Ryan Taylor and Tom Crabtree lined up as fullbacks.

Colts interim coach Bruce Arians was penalized 15 yards for trying to challenge the Packers’ second touchdown. Coaches don’t need to challenge scoring plays because they are automatically reviewed.

By the numbers

5 — Times Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was sacked by the Colts. Previously, Rodgers had not been sacked since the first half of the Sept. 24 game at Seattle.

212 — Yards receiving for the Colts’ Reggie Wayne, who averaged 16.3 yards per reception. That tied for the second-most receiving by a player against the Packers in team history.

464 — Total net yards allowed by the Packers, 10 yards fewer than their season worst of 474 against the Saints the previous week.